Adventure Cycling Association

We’ll meet in the late afternoon at our Richmond start point hotel. If you have spare time, head out on your bike on the Virginia Capital Trail into downtown Richmond to see the sites. We will have an orientation meeting to discuss our route and how group tour works with everyone’s participation. After sharing our first meal, we’ll do final preparations for the week and hit the hay.

We embark on our journey with the first riding day having the most daily miles. We will ride along the 52-mile Virginia Capital Trail that connecst Virginia’s past and present capitals Jamestown and Richmond. We will find historic sites, nice rest areas and plenty of picnic spots with the James River not too far from the path. We complete our day at the Chickahominy Riverfront Park; enjoying our first group cooked meal and an appreciated night’s rest.

Our route continues along the Virginia Capital trail until we reach Historic Jamestowne on Jamestown Island A loop ride on the island will immerse us in the natural environment which the English colonists found. We will explore the interpretive paintings along the drive which describe the many attempts to colonize this marshy, swampy terrain on the island. Next, we cross the James River by ferry and our destination for the night: Chippokes Plantation State Park.

Take time this morning to explore the history of Chippokes Plantation, one of the oldest continually farmed plantations in the country, worked since 1619. Take a tour of the historic area with its antebellum mansion and outbuildings, stroll the gardens and view the antique equipment. We will saddle up and ride another pass-through Jamestown and onward on the Colonial Parkway connecting Historic Jamestown, Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown Battlefield. On part of today’s ride, you’ll be the TransAmerica Bicycle Route, which starts or ends in nearby Yorktown.

With one more pass through, and stop in, Williamsburg you can take in anything you missed the previous days. We’ll close out the day’s riding on the Virginia Capital Trail as we make our way home toward Richmond, feeling confident and practiced as we enter our final day.

We’ll finish the last few miles to Richmond, in the morning or early afternoon on our last day. Retake in the beauty of the James River as we pedal to our start point location feeling accomplished and maybe a little tired, but excited to plan the next adventure!